In What Way Does Therapy Differ from Simply Talking to a Friend

question 44

Multiple Choice

In what way does therapy differ from simply talking to a friend or family member about a problem?

• A) Therapy takes time, while a friend's guidance is more likely to lead to a "quick fix" of the problem.
• B) Friends provide empathy, while a professional therapist does not.
• C) A therapist's interaction with a client is guided by theory.
• D) Therapists will seek to determine the underlying issues that have created the problem.

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Definitions:

Implicit Memory

Memory that influences thoughts and behaviors without conscious awareness, including skills and procedures learned through experience.

Serial Position Effect

The tendency to recall the items at the beginning and end of a list more readily than those in the middle.

Recency Effect

The tendency to remember the most recently presented information better than information presented earlier.

Primacy Effect

A cognitive bias that results in a person remembering information presented at the beginning of a list better than information in the middle or end.